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Did Christ’s physical death at Calvary bring eternal life “salvation,” or, Christ’s death to sin, raised to walk in newness of life, his “perfection” before his ministry?

Please Note

Posted in the “Fullness of Time” series are a number of writings on when the New Testament began.

I described in those writings the overwhelming evidence the New Testament began with the perfection of Christ.

And that the many Scriptures commentators and traditions point to as the starting point for salvation, i.e., Calvary, are not about Calvary, but Christ’s journey of being made perfect, becoming the source of our salvation.

And that his journey to completion, “perfection,” occurred before his presentation to John at the river Jordan.

There are also a number of posts in the Fullness of Time series about Christ’s perfection.

Simply, the New Testament was ushered in with Christ, not Calvary.

Christ is the sufficiency for salvation, before and after Calvary.

This series investigates those two epic events in Christ’s life, going deeper, building from the ground up.

This series will extend beyond ten posts, each writing building on the previous, each posting having the same title.

This post is the first in the series, and they are much smaller than what I’ve been posting.

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Greetings again,

I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to be given another chance at life having overcome prostate cancer by the grace and mercy of God.

The Lord mercifully brought together a number of things for me during that period of time, so many, it would take another post to share all the things and people the Lord brought my way.

But briefly, I’d like to mention a book by Paul Manwaring, Kisses from A Good God, that was a tremendous help and blessing on my journey through cancer.

So, if you know anybody who’s fighting that battle here’s a resource.

Every day is a day prophesied by the Lord in the Scripture.

Seven church ages encompass the entire timeframe from the time of Christ, the closing of the Old, the opening of the New, through the “Gospel” age, including the end – times and the first three and half years of the Tribulation.

The ages of Ephesus through Laodicea cover this entire time period – over two millenniums – the interval between the Old Covenant and Christ’s first coming, to the completion of the New Covenant “the bride,” in the age of Philadelphia, to Christ’s literal physical second coming ushering in the Millennium.

So, no matter what period of time one was alive during the age of the “Gospel,” one is living in time prophesied in Scripture – the last days.

And for those living in the latter times, today, or, what some call the later times, special promises are given to those who hear, receive, and heed the call of the Spirit.

This is not your ancestors “Christendom.”

Over the last three or four decades there’s been a shift and acceleration in the kingdom of God to outreach and prepare many for the days ahead.

And also a shift and acceleration in the kingdom of darkness to enslave as many as possible as humanity approaches another “fullness of time.”

God’s promises will come to pass, just like they always have, and the enemy will be taken suddenly and in surprise just like in the days of Elijah, Hezekiah, Moses, Joshua, and Christ.

God’s plan to have a bride in the last of the last days, the age we know as Philadelphia – bringing to fruition promises from both the Old and New Covenant – will come to pass.

The fulfillment of the promises of God are indisputable, the Scriptures cannot be broken.

You and I are living in glorious times, times the prophets of old, apostles, and even early twentieth century prophets desired to see.

I hope you find this series inspirational as you seek to draw closer to the Lord.

One would be hard-pressed to find the material presented in this series gathered in one place.

Brief Introduction

I’m sharing more about Christ’s personal journey, going deeper with more insight than the posts in the Fullness of Times series.

The last half of this series will be convincing.

But first, we must start at ground level.

His perfection – the pioneer and author of the New Testament – is a distinct and separate journey in his life before his ministry, and most importantly, before Calvary.

If we miss the most important part of his story, we risk losing the most important part of our story.

That may have been permitted in times past, during the Reformation years and Pentecostal era, but the Church is entering a new era, Tabernacles, the final feast for the Church, and old wine in old wineskins will be insufficient as events unfold in the future.

The high point of Christ’s personal journey was the healing and restoration he underwent personally, being made complete before his ministry.

And the deep things God is doing in the Church today, inner healing and restoration of the body, soul and spirit, is the deep work of grace first pioneered in our Lord and Savior.

The knowledge of the deep work of grace, Tabernacles, has been lost for almost two millenniums.

But unsurprisingly, as we approach the end – times, God is ushering many through the open door of Philadelphia in preparation for intimacy and union with Christ.

And, to demonstrate his love to a lost and dying world again in signs and wonders before this age ends.

There’s an intensity of healing and restoration being performed today by the Lord unlike any previous time.

An unprecedented work of grace is being accomplished today in the body of Christ, the beginning of the final chapter of the Gospel era, the making of the bride.

What I’m sharing with you, and have shared over the last couple years, is the heart of the New Covenant, the supremacy of Christ, his perfection – the living, breathing New Testament in flesh and blood, shared with Israel for over three years.

This is understood by some, but not many.

Many in leadership still hold to the belief salvation began at Calvary – Christ having to be brutally punished for mankind’s sin in order for the grace of forgiveness to flow freely to sinners.

This doctrine has been handed down through the generations from the third century AD.

Peter warned about the futile ways of living passed down from generation to generation.

And though he offered healing and salvation during his ministry, many contend it was “conditioned” on him dying at Calvary.

But Jesus made it clear, the New Testament was in his blood! – it was being spilled because they demanded it, not because it was necessary, and he would use their “demand” in spite of themselves, and continue to offer forgiveness.

But many still contend today the New Testament began at Calvary, as promulgated in almost 1700 years of creeds and traditions.

That’s because the Scriptures, though veiled at the time, and unveiled as Christ began his ministry, prophesied Christ would be rejected and killed – institutionalizing that as the design and plan of God all along, to sacrifice his Son as an offering, even in spite of plain evidence to the contrary from Christ (and the Father) in Scripture.

Bottom line, creeds and traditions contend Christ’s “life,” – the living, breathing Christ – was not sufficient to offer salvation, he had to be physically killed.

Creeds and traditions have been nicely packaged into a set of “beliefs,” presented as life giving doctrines for the Church for centuries, replacing intimacy with Christ with statements of faith.

They’ve been enshrined above Scripture, overshadowing Christ’s pioneering work; hindering many in the 21^st century from seeking the deeper things of God, the open door of “Philadelphia” (Revelation 3:8).

Christ’s “life” has taken a back seat to his “physical death,” in sharp contrast to the clear teaching of Scripture.

Church teachings hold Romans 6:10, I Corinthians 15:20-23, Ephesians 1:20-23, Philippians 2:9-11, and Hebrews 5:7-10, and others, as pointing to Calvary, having lost the understanding what the Scriptures teach about putting the old man to death, newness of life, the journey Christ pioneered being “made” perfect, without sin.

Parts of historic Christianity were found broken when the Reformation was birthed in the 1500’s.

More parts were found broken when Pentecost returned in the early 1900’s with the Azusa Street Revival, and the mushrooming of Pentecostal churches afterward.

And it is found broken again, with the advent of the inner healing, deliverance, and other ministries focusing on Fathering, and the cleansing of wounds and brokenness.

We’re in the feast of Tabernacles, some just beginning, others deeply in.

The Scriptures I just noted are not about Calvary, but the epic event of Christ’s perfection, the Father restoring spiritual life (what Adam lost) in Christ, the “first fruit” of the promised grace to come, before, appearing to John at the Jordan.

These Scriptures have nothing to do with Calvary, and everything to do with the promised grace to come through faith: Christ “fathered by God,” perfected, made King, Lord, Savior, High Priest, and Prophet before his ministry.

He tells us this hundreds of times in the Gospels, but, like Israel of old, we need spiritual eyes and ears to see and hear what he’s trying to say.

It is interesting creeds and traditions focus on Christ’s death, because, that’s where Israel “resided,” demanding to see in the natural what Jesus said in the spirit, about himself.

And the only way that could be accomplished is demand his death, to see if he was, who he said!

If you take the time to read this article, you will find there’s more to Jesus than performing miracles, being rejected, killed, and resurrected.

In fact, if you look closely, you’ll find most of the New Testament is about his preparation, who he became, his journey, story, and that out of who he became, life flowed to those who came in contact with him.

He is truly a remarkable person, and most certainly, not a “model” as many contend.

It’s sad and tragic to even hear that term associated with him.

He, who paid a dear price being made perfect – the entirety of his being sacrificed to God, doing the will of God from the heart, the perfect man, his “blood” flowing with life – spiritually speaking, his flesh full of the Word – spiritually speaking.

Without his pioneering journey “his completion,” becoming the Savior, as it says in Hebrews, he would not have been able to say, “‘…unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.’” (NIV, John 6:53)

Those are not the words of a “model.”

But one, who’s gone through the suffering of deep healing and restoration, putting the flesh to death, made alive in spirit, being made whole, perfect.

And that is the journey many are experiencing today, in various degrees and measures, uniquely designed and special, for his sons and daughters.

A Gift

The Lord started unwrapping this gift to me about seven years ago, four years into an intensive journey that began in the summer of 2010.

Creeds and traditions are too entrenched, interwoven, and “invested” into the fabric of theology at large for change to come easy or without much struggle.

Historic Christianity is deemed sacred and untouchable by many.

We know from Scripture there is a continuing separation in the body of Christ in the last days between those who camp and those who respond to the call of God.

We see it in the parables, particularly the ones found in Matthew 13, in the last church ages, the apostasy, and, in the separation of the bride from the body of Christ in the end times.

The Lord is used to working around creeds and traditions, bringing fresh manna, new and inspiring insight from his Word, to those who hunger and thirst for more of him.

No matter what happens in Christendom, or, in the world, the Lord will have a bride in the last days who knows him, and is known by him.

The Church of Philadelphia, the fulfillment of the feast of Tabernacles in the New Testament, will come to maturity no matter what it looks like in the world, and no matter how deep and pervasive the last day apostasy and rejection of Christ becomes.

Some thoughts for your consideration:

Why is there so little written, understood, about Christ’s personal journey?

Why is Calvary considered the most important event in Christianity, when Jesus and his Father took the opposite view?

What part has creeds and traditions played in hiding the personal story of Jesus; promoting Christ’s physical death above “his life” in our salvation?

And what part has creeds and traditions played in restricting the body of Christ’s entrance into the Most Holy Place, i.e., the open door of Philadelphia, the feast of Tabernacles?

How is it possible, something so clear once you see it – the journey of the Lord Jesus Christ “being made perfect” our Savior, before his entrance into ministry – can be so veiled under layers of teachings and traditions for centuries?

Was Christ’s “death” to sin, raised to walk in newness of life, (Romans 6:10, etc.,) sufficient for our salvation, or, insufficient, requiring his “physical” death at Calvary?

Why do many believe God was not able to perfect Christ through grace and faith alone, and, to forgive our sins through his perfection – his sacrifice “atonement for you and me,” without having to physically put him to death?

And why do many automatically link the words death, sacrifice, cross, blood, etc., found in the NT letters, to Calvary, when Jesus spent hours talking about spiritual matters using natural terms. 

Here are some thoughts about his perfection, the journey the Scripture says he pioneered for you and me:

• made perfect through suffering – the discomfort of being cleansed and healed of generational wounds and brokenness passed to him from his human ancestry,
• atoning for mankind’s sin through his obedience without sinning, ending in his perfection,
• the offering and sacrifice of his life to his father; becoming the sinless lamb substitute, as John the Baptist proclaimed at the beginning of his ministry,
• the Son his father always wanted; who would do his will, living “life” from a cleansed and healed heart out of holiness; ushering in a New Covenant, a better one, one rooted in the promised grace to come.

 

Simply, why has it been taught God had to physically kill his Son to save you and me, when the Scriptures clearly say his “death to sin” reconciles us to God, and the “life” in him saves us?

• The “life” Christ demonstrated and displayed for over three years, healing and saving through his Word and signs, wonders, and miracles,
• hoping to bring Israel into the promised grace to come, their Messiah, to abide forever under the shadow of his holy presence.

 

Why has it not been taught his physical death at Calvary was a rejection of “life” that was healing and saving Israel, not an event to procure life!

That Calvary was an event to continue the offer of “life,” the forgiveness of sins, even in the face of rejection and the killing of the Holy One (Acts 7:52, Matthew 21:33-41, etc.).

Calvary was the temporary cessation of “life” Christ was bringing to Israel.

Calvary did nothing to change Christ – he was the Messiah before and after – having already sacrificed “his life” in being made perfect to bring life to Israel, becoming the firstborn, first fruit, the source of eternal life.

Calvary terminated his earthly ministry but did not terminate his love and forgiveness, except, Israel would now have to wait two millenniums to be reunited as a nation with their King once again.

Everything that needed to occur for Christ to become Savior occurred before his presentation to John at the Jordan, the “40 days,” the test of who he had become.

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Note: Commentators and some translations make it difficult for us, because they’ve added words in certain places to make the context tie to Calvary – like the words “shed” and “shedding,” pointing contexts relating to dying to sin  “death, sacrifice, blood,” to Calvary.

See an interlinear for Romans 3:25, Colossians 1:20, and Hebrews 12:4, and you’ll see what I mean.

The spilling of blood was required under the OT. 

But the NT is a better covenant, the giving of our life, a blood covenant of life! And Jesus gave his entire being, “his blood,” before Calvary, that’s why he could speak about it in spiritual terms!

Spiritual Truths, Naturally

Jesus warned about interpreting spiritual truths with the natural eyes and ears, many leaving him when he referred to eating his flesh, etc.

Clearly, he’s referring to spiritual truths conveyed with natural terms, the same with many references to death, sacrifice, and blood in the NT letters, having primarily spiritual meanings about his putting to death sin, giving his entire life (blood), raised to walk in new life.

A real and tangible work of grace by the Father, affecting the body, soul, and spirit, perfecting the pioneer of our faith.

There are some deep father issues in a lot of what we believe about ourselves, God, our father’s, God’s relationship with Christ, punishment and grace, Calvary, etc., way beyond the scope of this post.

But something you may want to think about as you read this article.

I have some exciting sections coming in this series.

I assure you, there’s good food for those who are hungry for more of the Lord in these times of leanness.

It’s not easy unearthing layers and layers of soil to get to buried treasure.

So, please come along as we push the timeline of the beginning of the NT, Christ’s perfection, the ushering in of salvation, from Calvary, to before he was presented to John.

The Scripture is clear, they are two epic events, having drastic differences.

One establishing the New Covenant and offer to Israel, the other, concluding the offer to the nation of Israel, sending forth the Gospel to the Gentiles.

The True Sacrifice Christ Pioneered

“My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise.” (NIV, Psalm 51:17)

“But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness.

And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you.” (NIV, Romans 8:10 – 11)

“…The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.” (NIV, 1 Corinthians 2:10)

The greatest sacrifice we can bring to the Lord is not our good works, but, our wounds and brokenness.

It is in the recognition and the offering of our fallen nature to the Lord for cleansing and healing we find transformation: release from the captivity of transgressions and iniquities.

As we choose to permit the revelation of his grace (1 Peter 1:13) to cleanse and make new, areas formerly held in bondage to darkness, we become partakers of the divine nature as “death” gives way to “life.”

‘“‘Jesus replied, “‘Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but my Father in heaven.’”’ (NIV, Matthew 16:17)

“I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin. I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.” (NIV, Galatians 1:11 – 12)

“‘…I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut…’” (NIV, Revelation 3:8)

“After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven… At once I was in the Spirit…” (NIV, Revelation 4:1 – 2)

The open door ushered John into the Most Holy Place, the place Christ passed through in his perfection and glorification.

And now John, fulfilling the race set before him, was granted unprecedented access to Christ to communicate the story many will experience in the end times.

“The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.” (NIV, 1 Corinthians 2:14)

We need the Lord, without whom, we cannot understand his Word, his leading, and the moving of the Spirit.

Centuries and centuries of old teachings, ignoring Christ’s personal journey, will leave many in no man’s land, lacking the vision to pursue the deep things of God so clearly laid out in his Word.

Because, few have dared to venture off the well – worn path into the deep mysteries of the Gospel.

The same spirits that led many away from Christ when he talked about eating his flesh and drinking his blood, bringing spiritual truths with natural terms, are keeping many today bound with old wine in old wineskins.

But, “Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.” (NIV, Daniel 12:3)

The Promised Grace to Come

It is the revelation of the Holy Spirit in our lives and the presence of Christ that gives tangibility “substance,” to the things of God; spiritual experiences more real and profound than experiences in the natural realm.

Simply, when Jesus walks into the room, or the Spirit of God reveals something to you, it’s permanently etched in your inner man, your soul and spirit.

And, provided it is nurtured and allowed to grow, it will have a permanence and glory far surpassing anything experienced in the natural realm.

The enemy has worked overtime to wound and crush men and women’s spirits to the sensitivities of the kingdom of God, seeking to conform the human spirit to the sensual desires of the fallen body and soul.

The Bible (and spiritual experiences) cannot just be “picked up and made sense of,” without a number of things coming together as the Lord moves to deepen your relationship with him, his Word, and the moving of his Spirit.

Revelation of Scripture comes in stages, in time, in relationship, teaching, and a host of other things that make up our Christian pilgrimage.

Some of you reading my posts are being leapfrogged into understanding that came to me and others over decades of walking with the Lord.

But even with that there’s the need for desire – human desire, yours and mine – and divine impartation to be joined in the fertile places of our heart for revealed Scripture to be planted and made alive in our inner man.

And, in particular, for transformation, we must sacrifice our broken spirit and our broken heart in contriteness – repentance and forgiveness – in order for the deep work of the Holy Spirit to take root and prosper in the secret and hidden places of our lives.

And in this process, there is the wounding “opening up,” and piercing “making known,” our transgressions and iniquities to the light and grace of God for cleansing and healing.

Yes, wounding and piercing does not mean killing and crucifixion, but the pathway to opening up and cleansing deeply rooted transgressions and iniquities for healing and restoration.

Remember, the Scripture says the natural came first, then the spiritual.

Just as in the natural cleansing and healing comes from opening up and piercing certain bodily wounds, so to in the soul and spirit of man, wounds and brokenness require Christ’s spiritual scalpel to cut open and remove the sickness and disease within for true healing and restoration to take place.

Transformation “cleansing, healing, and restoration” are not automatic at the new birth, or, at any other time in our Christian walk, but a journey becoming more intense with age, and, the closer we get to the end times.

Don’t get me wrong there is a certain amount of transformation that occurs when we’re born again, and thank God for that, but it’s just the beginning of a long journey.

This is the new wine in new wineskins Jesus offered Israel in the days of his earthly ministry, and you and me today, as he walks in the midst of his church, seeking those who desire him more than the kingdom of this world.

Those of you hungering and thirsting after the deeper things of God will find yourselves moving quickly forward, conformed to the image of Christ, as the allotted time ticks away and the need of care and healing intensifies.

More on the Feasts, Building from the Ground Up

Passover, the born – again experience in the New Covenant, is the feast that introduces you and me to the kingdom of God – where God becomes real, someone to consider, think about; becoming alive to the knowledge of another kingdom, another world, and grace and true love.

It’s like suddenly landing in new territory, a completely different kingdom, King, and means of relating and living.

And over time, the born – again experience opens our eyes to darkness within our inner man, areas held in bondage to the sensuality of the flesh, slowly being crushed and starved “dead to life, alive to sin.”

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Note: One does need to have “sinned” to have lust. Lust is passed through the generations and becomes sin when we give in to it (James 1).

Christ knew what it was like to have enmity in his flesh from his human generations (Ephesians 2:14-15, see an interlinear.

He knew what it was like to wrestle with lust, but, being conceived in grace, he learned very young how to put it to death, quickly and decisively. That’s why it can be said he was tempted everyway we are but without sin.

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Passover awakens our soul and spirit to the knowledge and hope of the promised grace to come in the desert places of our soul and spirit.

Contrary to what many are speaking today, the “heart” of the book of Revelation is more about the restoration of the whole person – body, soul, and spirit, than it is about judging the kingdom of darkness.

As I’ve noted before, Revelation shows seven church ages, the sixth being the maturing of the bride, body, soul, and spirit, made holy and in the likeness of Christ, fulfilling the Lord’s desire for a last day bride.

And it is the bride, the living creatures, we see involved in measured judgments hoping some will repent and be saved in the closing hours of this age on the threshold of the Millennium.

Pentecost, the baptism of the Holy Spirit, is the feast that leads us beyond our introduction to the kingdom of God into the school of God.

It is here where we begin to learn the operations and moving of God’s Spirit, with the Word of God becoming even yet more alive, real, and pervasive.

By pervasive and real, I mean more tangible, having greater substance, and impact and influence on the heart and spirit.

When we’re born again, we mostly continue to live life out of the mind.

The baptism of the Holy Spirit opens up the realm of the Spirit far beyond Passover, immersing the human spirit in greater measures creating hunger and thirst for yet more of God.

Pentecost takes us yet deeper into the new territory God ushered us into through Passover, showing us how the Spirit of God has moved in the past, how it is moving today, and the mountaintops of how the Lord will move in the future.

Pentecost grows and matures our spirit in the things of God; how to receive spiritual revelation for ourselves, others, and from the Word, and, in the operation of our talents and “the gifts of the Spirit.”

Whereas Passover begins to predominately impact the “mind” to the kingdom of God, Pentecost seeps down into the heart and brings our spirit in prayer communion with the Holy Spirit of God.

Pentecost begins intimate training in the operation of the gifts, talents, and greater in – depth teaching of the Word – teaching that directly impacts our heart and spirit to the reality and substance of Christ in our lives.

Simply, Pentecost as compared to Passover, heightens the tangibility, substance, reality of God.

Pentecost moves you from knowing “about” Jesus, to knowing his “presence” because of greater spiritual awareness and awakening that comes with the baptism of the Spirit.

It’s important to understand the Church has moved beyond Passover (the era of the Reformation), “the outer court,” and Pentecost returned (re: the Azusa Street revival and what it birthed), “the inner court,” fulfilling what we know as the Sardis Church age.

Today, the Church is in what we know as the season of Tabernacles, “the Most Holy Place,” what we know as the Philadelphia church age.

Three feasts just like the Old Covenant (Leviticus 23), two fulfilled in the Church, the third and final being fulfilled today.

And in the third and final feast, Tabernacles, the Philadelphia church age, we have the conception, birth, and maturation of the bride.

And, of those in the end time bride, sometime in the years to come, will come forth one of the greatest revivals to ever wash ashore planet Earth.

So great, it will stun the Antichrist system for a season (Revelation 12 and 13).

If a little virus can wreak world wide disruption, we have yet to see the likes of what God can do when his plan unfolds and he unleashes his call to come to him while the day is still light.

The emphasis of the Spirit of God today in Tabernacles, is the second feast within Tabernacles, the feast of atonement, i.e., the inner healing, deliverance, Fathering movements we see so much today in various ministries.

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Note:

It’s not a coincidence, historians have coined the terms the Great Awakenings for the revival that broke forth in some of the colonies in the early 1700s, and again in the late 1700s and early 1800s, and again in the mid-1800s.

Some include the early 20^th century Pentecostal revivals in the Great Awakenings and even the Jesus Movement and scattered revivals of the late 20^th century.

Jesus told the Church of Sardis, the church before Philadelphia, to wake up and come alive.

In actuality, the Great Awakenings began with the Reformation in the 1500s and continue even today in small measures through evangelism and outreaches in bringing the loss to Christ, and, in stirring the hearts of sleepy believers awake.

But the emphasis today is the age of Philadelphia, maturing those who have passed through the doors of Passover and Pentecost into the Tabernacle of the Lord, the making of the bride.

The Lord is always reaching out to win the lost, and to take his children deeper, but the heart today, in the 21^st century, is the preparation and maturation of the bride, in this, the late-season of the Gospel age.

So, it’s not a coincidence the last 500 years has been likened to a progressive “awakening” in the body of Christ to the deeper things of God – the passing of the Sardis age – as the Lord brings the Church into its final season in the 21^st century, the feast of Tabernacles.

Much more to come.

Blessings, Drake

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